@garrytan: The reason why I release my X articles about AI agents (fat skill fat code thin harness) and GStack and GBrain is that …
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Garry Tan explains the motivation behind releasing his X articles on AI agents and concepts like GStack and GBrain, emphasizing the idea of 'process power' as a personal moat.
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The reason why I release my X articles about AI agents (fat skill fat code thin harness) and GStack and GBrain is that we, yes you and I, can have PROCESS POWER, which is the one super powerful specific moat that anyone can create for themselves.
The agent helps you do it. https://t.co/Y0Me9xSKmZ
Taylor Pearson (@TaylorPearsonMe): I spent some time going through Garry Tan’s GBrain. I want to pull out what I see as the general form factors and what’s interesting there as someone who is non-technical and doesn’t work in VC.
I think a lot of people are converging on the same set of 5 core form factors and
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